guides
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The Master Pantry Checklist
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What are the most basic items to keep on hand? We referenced Dinner Done and Dinner Done 2 to discover which ingredients are truly the most commonly used. This is the master pantry and fridge list you can turn to when you’re stocking up a new house or simply replenishing. After the debut of the
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The Pesach Kitchen Master List
Home for Pesach for the first time ever? This Pesach kitchen master list is for you. Hosting your 20th seder? This list is for you too. I know you might be wondering how that introduction above makes sense. In this post, we divide all the kitchen gear into three categories, so whether you are truly
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Everything You Need to Know When Visiting a Cemetery
Planning a trip to kivrei tzaddikim or visiting a kever on a yahrtzeit? If you plan to visit a kever and want to understand what’s appropriate when visiting a cemetery, here’s a guide that breaks it all down simply and clearly. How Do I Daven at a Grave? Tefillos should always be directed to Hashem.
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The Complete Sleepaway Camp Packing List for Girls
If you’re sending your child off to camp for the first time, it’s hard to imagine all the things they’ll need once they’re away from home. If seemed like we were spending a fortune for someone else to host our children for 4 weeks…but that’s even before we started camp shopping! Oh boy, the list
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The Guide to Setting up a Home
Wish a house came with a checklist? Kallahs or anyone moving to a new home will find this comprehensive guide very useful. What are the basics that are useful in a home? Some may be considered essentials, others not. But in creating this guide, we did a lot of research, comparing and collecting lists from
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The Ultimate Guide to the Best Newborn & Baby Essentials of 2025
There are always new baby products on the market. How do you know what’s actually worthwhile? This is your guide to the top must-have baby picks in every category, from bassinets to bottles, to nursing essentials, and more handy stuff! With some new babies in the BCP family and with more recommendations from our friends,
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A Guide to Hafrashas Challah
Everything you need to know about the mitzvah of separating a piece of challah dough. “והיה באכלכם מלחם הארץ תרימו תרומה לה,”“ראשית ערסתכם חלה תרימו תרומה…” The first portion (Reishis) of your kneading, you shall separate as a dough offering (challah)… In all your generations, give the first of your kneading as an elevated gift
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The Bar Mitzvah Guide
An Introduction First, a story. There was once a mother of a bunch of boys. From the time her oldest was 10 years old, she began imagining her first simcha. She planned it in her head. She wanted a simple but tasteful Shabbos in the hotel, with only extended family–only the people who want to
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A Guide to Plan Your Pidyon Haben
A first baby boy is born – what do you do next? Thanks to Devorah Weisz who spearheaded this topic when she wrote to us, “I am B”H making a Pidyon Haben for my first grandchild. I checked your website to see if you had any guidance, but this page is missing from your website.
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A Guide to Shabbos Candlelighting
Whether you’re a newlywed or have been lighting candles for decades, you’ll find something inspiring and enlightening in this Shabbos Candlelighting guide. Adapted from the Eishes Chayil candlelighting Treasury, Artscroll Mesorah Publications The bracha, impact, and merits of lighting the Shabbos candles Why we light Preparing the candles When to light? Number of Candles What
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